June
BOSTIK HAS BIG PLANS!
Bostik acquired Prochimir, a French company specializing in high performance thermobonding adhesive films. This acquisition has placed adhesives king Bostik among the world’s major players in solvent-free thermobonding films for many fast-growing industrial applications in the automotive, construction, textile and medical markets.
June
AN ILLUMINATING ACQUISITION
Sartomer acquired Lambson, a UK company specializing in photoinitiators for curing, a technology meeting the demands of cutting-edge markets such as electronics, 3D printing, digital ink, composites and high-performance coatings. These solutions will complement the offering of Sartomer, a global leader in photocure resins, while helping to speed up its development in this fast-growing market. See below
June
OUR SAINT-AUBAN PLANT ENJOYS TIME IN THE SUN
Corsica Sole, an innovator in photovoltaics, and the Arkema plant in Saint-Auban, have opened a solar power plant, the first in France to be fully located within a Seveso‑classified industrial site. The initiative involved repurposing a number of the plant’s brownfield sites. The energy produced will be used for local consumption to power the operation of the Arkema site.
Sartomer acquires Lambson:
Poised to revolutionize the UV curing market!
JULIE HAEVERMANS,
Global Communication and
Marketing Director, Sartomer
Sartomer is a world leader in specialty resins for UV curing. This low-VOC technology delivers high-performance coatings based on a liquid formulation that cures instantly under UV light. These varnishes, inks and adhesives fulfill the demands of cutting-edge markets such as electronics, automotive, cosmetics, packaging, and 3D printing for additive-layer manufacturing. For example, our resins are used in smartphone touchscreens to optimize their resistance, light diffusion and image definition.
Sartomer has just made a significant advance in UV curing with the acquisition of Lambson, a UK firm, global leader in the supply of photoinitiators which initiate polymerization for UV curing. With this acquisition, Sartomer is expanding its product offering, which will foster to drive annual growth of around 5%. Thanks to Lambson’s photoinitiator expertise, we gain a comprehensive knowledge of UV curing systems, ensuring we are better placed to respond to the needs of end applications and the challenges faced by our customers. We stand out from our competitors thanks to our tailored solutions with all the necessary ingredients (specialty resins, additives, photoinitiators). We have all the resources we need to disrupt the field of UV curing with our increasingly sustainable approach.”